19 July 2014

Marvel Studios Sets Dates For Five New Films Up Through 2019

While no titles have been revealed, tonight Marvel announced the dates
for five new films with little information other than the company is
clearly and confidently putting stakes in the ground for their future
blockbusters.

What will the films be? Well, the company does love their mysterious
placeholders. We do already know the third “Captain America” film lands
on May 6, 2016 (the same date as “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice”)
and following that are more unknowns: one on July 8, 2016 and another
May 5, 2017. With the addition of the just-announced placeholders, this
would mean Marvel will be releasing three films in 2017. Of course
that's the year Warner Bros. plans to launch their "Justice League"
movie—talk about boldly throwing down the gauntlet.

Many have speculated and assumed that one of those already announced
dates is earmarked for “Dr. Strange” (which has a director and will
probably announce its lead at Comic-Con) and the following summer 2017
date feels like “Avengers 3.” But beyond that for the summer 2017
through May 2019? Black Panther? "Guardians Of the Galaxy 2"? Solo films
for other Avengers like Black Widow, Quicksilver and The Scarlett Witch
or Hawkeye? At this point your speculation would be as good as ours, so
have at it. New dates below (with previously announced dates for
context) and maybe if you're lucky, more info will be revealed in San
Diego next week.